What Unix program generates "diff"s between text files (or
INSERT/UPDATE/DELETEs for databases) in such a way that the order that the "diff"s are applied in is irrelevant, and the result is the same
regardless of order.

OT is certainly what you're after, especially to get the "XYZ == YXZ" that you want. I just added an answer to the question you linked to that might help, though Ceda currently has no *nix port.
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Daniel PaullJul 28 '10 at 7:55

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I hadn't thought about it, but I think you're right. Except, in this case, we're doing it character-by-character instead of line by line (and using an optimized version of "diff" to send deltas?). OK, how would we do this w/ an SQL database, short of storing it as text files?
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barrycarterMay 31 '10 at 2:37